?ljr (Eltfrnkpp *5>rmtt Puolished every Thursday at Murphy. N C. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Cherokee and surrounding counties One Year *2 00 Six Months $1 25 Outside above territory: One Year $2.50 Six Months $1.50 ADD1E MAE COOKE Editor and Owner RO\ A. COOK Production Manager MRS C. W. SAVAGE Associate Editor Entered in the Post Office at Murphy. ^ North Carolina, as second class matter 6 ^ under the Act of March 3, 1879. Mrs. Morris Tells Of Inauguration (Editor's note: The following story of the Presidential Inaugura tion was written by Mrs. J. Alton Morris of Murphy who. with her husband. Rev. J. Alton Morris, and two children. Sally and John, attended the ceremonies in Wash ington Thursday) Every American should see one inauguration ceremony of the president of the United States. The immense crowds of people, their thrill of expectancy their cheerful, orderly waiting on street curbs for hours at a time, all show a deep interest and pride in their country and its government Everyone should be a part of that crowd once, if possible I had honestly dreaded the long hours of waiting that were necessary* in order to get a good view of both the parade and inauguration Finding a place on the curb directly across from the capitol steps and to the right of the inauguration stand at ten o'clock in the morning we stood till twelve, inauguration time The ceremony was most impres sive. the three prayers one of a Baptist minister one of a Jewish rabbi and one of a Catholic, were s<ncere petitions which called mil lions of people over the radio ?nd those actually present to re member that God is over and above all people and presidents They were sacred and solemn moments the president was pale but com posed His address was simple and easy to understand He im pressed me as being just a good average, natural somebody who wouldn't look out of place running a store in .Murphy and hobnob bin?: on the street corners with us Immediately the seriously mom ents were over, the spirit of crowds changed to a holiday mood We were ready for the parade Bamum and Baileys >!. ^an The Bigge>t Show on Earth might well be applied to a peace time presidential inauguration parade The marching cadets from West Po nt. Annapolis and V M I the marching units of sold er> from the t S Army and t ie sailors from the N'avv. all led bj their respect, ve bands presented a thrilling spectacle, even if my brother did remark. Too much military The Marines the Army Air Corps, the Wacs the Waves, a crack drill unit from Seattle. Washington policemen a motor unit of Miami. Fla policemen and numerous American Leg.on bands and marching Legionnairs kept us so enthralled that no longer did we notice that we were '.red or that our feet were cold Really it had warmed a little by mid aftemoon The parade started a few minutes after one and lasted until nearly five. Many peacetime pursuits were pictured on the various beautiful -'.ate floats as for instance North Carolina's. The best balanced state in the union with agriculture and 1 industry presenting a balanced | economy A beautiful girl in ' flowing robes h.'ld the scales It was preceded by Gov and Mrs Scott riding in the back seat of a beautiful red Ford convertible Ul the governors were riding in ' ' convertibles with the tops back i i Historical events and characters were most realistically and vividly ; pictured on many floats such as Rhode Island being the first state to ratify the constitution of the , L S thus bee -ling the first state' of the union Also Rhode Island ? pictured as be . :ig the first place :n the world to have freedom of religion and separation of church I -nd state. Bewgged and powder ed colonial gentlemen in knee pants stood on the Virginia float , among whom were the father of , our country. George Washington i Thomas Jefferson and others Many humorous sights were to be seen during the parade such as the colorfu! decorated Cali fornia cowboy i a prancing horse ' losing his hat and having it res cued by another cowboy, and kissing Jim Folsom" of Alabama giving his wife a big kiss just :n fr at of us as icy passed in their convertible A funny very fat '.rummer boy - rutting by with a iuge drum slung over his enor 1 nous stomach gave the growd a ! . >d laugh S me darl.ng. *mull 1 children as strutting mascots for ' the bands were most amusing. One of the funniest sights was the colored girl drill leader of a high . chool unit giving her commands, out -yelling the toughest t >p ser geant in the whole parade The crowd really enjoyed that and . notlier ne just abou* like her wl;o led another colored girl drill uni; Everything was truly of general .r - re-' to us all There were many many beautiful floats from .fferent -ates. man> excellent :.'s of colored people in the tary. the navy and other walks ife Good h ;h school bands from Washington schools, nearby Pennsylvania. Virginia and as far ( ?vay as New York did some beauti- ; ml marching and playing. Hawaii's float contained thousands of fresh 1 lowers Missouri had several outstanding floats one specially dedicated to Truman in the form ot 2 train commemorating his recent campaign ? stopping at every whistle stop Each coach was fill ed with people standing up and singing "Glory glory to old Harry". The parade finally ended with a huge old-time steam calliope drawn by eight white circus horses from Celo Bros, circus wintering in Louisville. Ky .. and commem orating Vive- president Allen W. Bark ley from Kentucky. As it is impossible to name all oi the parts of this four-hour parade, we can just repeait what an enjoyable privilege it was and how proud we are of being an American. We went through the freedom train the day before the inaugura tion and saw the following free dom pledge which each one of us again affirmed I am an American ? A free American Free to speak ? without fear. Free to worship God in my own way. Free to stand for what I think right. Free to oppose what I believe wrong Free to choose those who gov ern my country. This heritage of freedom I pledge to uphold for myself and all manlcind River Hill Mr and Mi's Gordon Williamson had as their dinner guests Sunday Mr and Mrs Fred Givens, Mr ] md Mrs. Clyde Williamson and j daughter. Drene Mr and Mrs | Harley Adams and daughter 1 Barbara Ann Mr and Mrs Fred Givens are! spending some time with Mrs. Givens' parents. Mr and Mrs W | C Williamson Mr; Loretta W amson spent j Sunday with her mother. Mrs. I Martha Reid Mr and Mrs Lester Williamson : had as visitors Sunday Roy Mur phy and James Baine Dr. W. B. Rose Endorses Scalf's \V B Rose highly respected physician of LaFollette Tenn writes "Several years ago I en dorsed Scalf's Indian River Medi cine as of recognized merit in that it is a splendid stomachic medicine and appetizer, offering relief from such symptoms as smothering gas pressure pains after eating which often cause loss of rer>t and sleep: and from a weak tired, rundown feeling ? loss of weight and ^ren.'h? due to undernourishment when brought on by poor appetite I am a great believer in herbal medicines a .d I know that the herbs contained in Scalf's IncLan River Medicine have merit " If you are suffering the agoniz ing pains of gaseous stomach dis tress. or if you feel weak tired :nd rundown because a poor appe tite has robbed you of proper nourishment, then try Scalf's Indian" River Medicine Your money back on the first bottle if not entirely satisfactory On sale at All good Drug Stores Hear Scalf's Harmoneers Quar tet over WNOX. Dial 990 at 5 45 A M. Mon through Sat Hand Craft Exhibit 1949 March 25th Thru April 2nd 1949 Murphy Supply Company's Downstairs Store Anything of a value of $100 or less may be entered, provided it was made by hand or with the use of hand-tools only; You can produce it or set it made again: you are willing to sell it or another like it or a reasonable reproduction of th^ original entry: you are willing to leave it on display a reasonable length of time for purpose oi sale. Needle Craft ? Loom Craft ? Wood Craft ? Ornamental Metal Craft ? Anything you can make yourself with your hands and hand tools. Anyone can enter. Prepare now to have an entry. F.ntry Date. Judges and Prizes to be announced later. For More Detailed Particulars Visit Us MURPHY SUPPLY COMPANY DOWNSTAIRS STORE THIS IS AN EFFORT TO ESTABLISH A MARKET FOR THE THINGS YOl' MAKE THE BIBLE . SPEAKS ^ I in : * By D II KCNNETH jT FOHtMAN SCRIPTURE: Mark 1 1415. J1 45; ""devotional READING: Luke 4.40 ? 5:3. TeachingReligion Lesson for February 6. 1949 SOME PEOPLE, strange to say. | don't believe in Sunday schools. , Most North American Protestants do. because Jesus did. The word may not be found ! in the New Testa ment, but the thing is there. If Jesus did not believe that religion could be taught, then he was guilty of wasting much of his time, for he worked at eaching in season .ind out of season. He was a product Dr. Foreman Df the Sunday School, in a sense. During his childhood he would go :o the synagogue school weekdays and especially on Sabbaths; we Know that by the time he was grown it was his "custom" to at tend synagogue service. And in every Jewish com munity the synagogue was the place where for two hundred years and more, children and youth and older people had been taught the Word of God. If Christians today are faithful to Christ's example, we also will keep at the job of teaching our religion to every child within our reach. i ? ? ? Body and Soul READERS of the gospels will note that when Jesus went home from the synagogue on the Sabbath, his day's work was not done. He would spend hours, sometimes till far into the night, healing people brought to him for cure. Jesus min istered to mind and soul. Jesus was interested in personalities. : whole people, not half-people. Our m.nds have to be fed. but we live in bcdies. and bodies have no little to do with personalities. Jesus was not content with teaching sick peo- J pie; he made sick people well. So the church today, if it is faithful to Christ's principles, will consider people as complete personalities. ? ? ? The Common People TlfE FIND that J. d d r ' in " sist on university audiences. Indeed, he never spoke to a univer sity audience His teaching was always in the midst of groups of very plain pecple. There were great universities in those days, but it was not necessary for any ore to be a graduate of one of them in order to enter Jesus' school, or to understand what he taught. He taught the plain people plainly j In afl our teaching we try to o?e the pupil s language and to put our Christian ideas in the thoughts that the pupils can un derstand. At the best seminaries, young niristers-tc-be are carefully taucht I how to put the creat Christian doc . T.res in wnys that the simplest peo ple can understand. Teaching over ! reople's heads is not teaching them tt all. ? ? ? r.od and Education JESUS did not try to teach people carpentry, or arithmetic, or ge ( graphy. No doubt he could have i done so. But he had something I more important on his mind, some 1 thing which he alone could teach. | He taught religion, or in other ' words he taught the truth about \ God. and about man, and about right relations between God and man. So the teaching church, 1 \< h ether in the Sunday school or in ' the books written by its scholars or in its schools and colleges, when it | follows Christ's example, is always teaching religion first and foremost, j We do not believe that religion is a | secondary issue, something you can 'take or leave." ? ? ? Religion on Two Feet JESUS did more than talk. He lived. His whole life and charac* j 'er were saying more loudly and j plainly what his words said. So the Christian church to day, when it is faithful to Christ, must translate into actual living the faith she teaches in Sunday school lessons. In catechisms and books and sermons. What we do. as Christians, speaks louder than what we say. Every Sunday school teacher needs to re member that what is said on Sun day is important, but what the teacher does on Monday is more | impressive by far. The reason why Jesus was more effective than John ! the Baptist was that John, after all. was a Voice, while Jesus was a Friend. Are you who teach others about God simply a Voice? A pho nograph could do as well. Copyright by the International Coun cil of Religious Education on behalf of 4) Pr 'estant denomtnaUons. Released by WNU Features.) Mr and Mrs Jim Franklin spent Sunday and Monday in Sylva with their children. Mrs Joe Fulmer and Mrs. Doug Simp son and their families. Ken's Kolumn By M/Sft. KEN COON t". S. Army Recruiter I have just let out with a long loud yell Why? Because as the month of January faded into the dark past the twelfth man from this and adjacent counties was rworn into the U. S. Army or U. S Air Force. Therefore. I am a happy and contented recruiter. But as I close the books for the month of January. I also open one for the month of February. Now I'll have to sweat out this month The latest to be enlisted were J C Ledford and Russell C Hall of Murphy and Huey N Rogers of Clay county By enlisting Russell Hall I have ended a struggle that started in July of last year, at which time I started j telling Hall about the advantages of re-enlisting in the Army So. ! you see. he was a hard man to j convince; it took eighteen months. But I won'. Two men have been accepted so far this week. Lloyd R Robinson of Andrews, and Gene E. Jenkins of Culberson. Bull Davidson is in on a leave and says that the operation on his hand was very successful. Have you heard how Bull hurt his hand? Don't quote me but I heard he stuck his finger in a very large fan to see if it was running. Is that right Bull? Remember fellows, the Aviation Cadet program is in full swing. NATIONAL FOREST TIMBER FOR SALE Sealed bids will be received by the Forest Supervisor. Franklin North Carolina, up to and not Inter than 2PM March 7. 1949, and opened immediately there after for all live timber marked or designated for cutting on an area embracing 1120 acres within the New Hope - Ogreeta Unit a.ijaccnt to Hiwassee Reservoir. Cherokee County. Nantahala Na tional Forest . North Carolina estimated to be 225 cords (128 cub.c feet1 of pine pulpwood. more or less. No bid of less than $2.00 per cord will bj considered. $125 must be deposited with each bid to be applied on the purchase I price. refunded or retained in part I as liquidated damages, according I to cond t :ons of sale The right I to reject any and all bids is re j served Before bids are submitted. full information concerning the j timber the conditions of sale and The submission of bids should be i btained from the Forest Supervi ? Franklin. North Carolina i 29-ltc : nd even married men may apply j for appointment as Aviation Cadets. If anyone desires any further information I can be con t acted at the Court House in Mur phy on Monday. Wednesday and Friday See you next Week. INFANT DIES Ray Alexander Brock. 4-months- 1 old son of Mr and Mrs. Hoytt Brock of Robbinsville died in the home there Sunday. Funeral services were held Tues day in the home at 2 p. m. Burial was in Robbinsville cemetery, with Town son funeral home in charge Surviving besides the parents are two brothers. Richard and Michael, and twx) sisters. Patricia and Linda; the paternal grand parents Mr. and Mrs Reuben Brock of Robbinsville, and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rob ert Belcher of San Pedro. Calif. Miss Ruth Bagwell returned homo Saturday from Shelby where she attended a Sunday School tlinlc at First Baptist church She vas accompanied by Miss Sara Nell Dill of Carolene, who spent a few days as her guest Mrs. Wm. J. Canaita and son Bill, of Chattanooga returned home Sunday after spending ten days with Mr and Mrs. R. D Chandler Mr and Mrs. Vaughn Hemphill and daughter. Carol Ann. and Mr and Mrs. John Henson and daugh tt :. Sherry Lynn of Oak Ridge. Tcnn., spent the week-end with Mr* Rosa Price. Backache For quick comfort ln? balp for Backache. Rheumatic Pain*. Oattln* Up Nights. ?trong cloudy urlns. Irritating puu?ei, Leg circles under eyes, and swollen ankles, das to non-orf snle and non-systemic Kldn?y Bladder troubles, try Cystm. Quick, compute satisfaction or money back guaranteed. your druggist for Cystsx today. EXPANDED SERVICE The following schedules will be in effect on Monday, Feb. 7 Leave Marble School, daily except Sunday, at 6:45 a. m., come by Slow Creek and Peachtree School, arrive in Murphy at 7:20 a. m. Leave Murphy at 5:20 p. m., travel same route, arrive Marble 6:00 p. m. Leave Murphy for (irandview, Tuesdays and Saturdays, at 7:30 a. m. Leave Grandview at 8.00 a. m., come by Fbenexer to Murphy. Leave Murphy at 4:00 p. m. for Ebenezer and Grandview. WATCH FOR SCHEDULES TO HIWASSEE DAM AND UNAKA CITY SCHEDULE Leave Parker's Drug Store For East Murphy Mornings: 7:05, 8:05, 9:05 and 11:05: Afternoons: 1:40, .1:55, 4:50, and 6:20 Leave East Murphy for Town: Mornings: 6:25, 8:15, 10:20 Afternoons: 1:05. 2:40, 3:05. and 5:10. Leave for Bealtown: 8:20 a. m., 3:15 p. m. Leave for Hospital Hill: 8:30 a. m.. 3:10 p. m. Leave for Factory Town: 7:10 a. m., 8:10 a. m., and 4:05 p. m. TEXANA. REGULAR SCHEDULE If you want to take your Sunday School or Singing Class or any other group on a trip, get in touch with us for special rates. CITY BUS COMPANY Virgil O'Deil, Prop. Murphy, N. C. Final Winter CLEARANCE To make room for spring Merchandise, we are closing out our entire stcck of winter Merchandise, At rock bottom prices. Sale startf Saturday, Feb. 5th thru the 12th. Don't fail to see us if you arc locking for bargains. All Ladies' winter bags .V2 price j All Ladies' winter hats V2 price | All Ladies' Dresses one third off j All Ladies' Blouses 1.98 j A U Ladies' Slacks 1.98 j All Ladies' Outing Gowns 1.79 ! Children's winter coats, fmall size Now 3.98 Girls' Flannel Rcbes Now 1.69 j Boy's Mackianaws Sale 3.98 Boys' all Wool Sweaters Sale 1.98 Beys' Odd Coats Sale 2.49 j Men's all wool sweaters 1.98 to 2.98 | Men's All Wool Dress Pants 1.98 ' Men's Leather Jackets 10.98 to 12.98 1 Men's Odd Coats 3.98 1 Men's Lined Overall Jackets 3.98 1 Men's Sheep Skin Jackets 1.98 I Men's Oershoes, large size 1.00 Men's Wool Hats 1.98 Men's Flanne' Robes 2.98 1 T able consisting of the follow ing: Ladiss' Pajamas, Bed Jack ets, Boys' Wool Sweaters, Pclo Shirt" Close Out $1.00 1 Table Consisting of Children's Pajamas, Gowns, Wcol Sweat ers, Polo Shirts, Ladies' Scarfs Close Out 69c Cotton Sheet Blankets Now 1.98 5fr Wcol Blankets Now 4.98 I Baby Blankets .... 1.98 J 2 lb. Cotton Batts 98c [ Shseting, per yd. 24c [ 4 yds. print cloth 1.16 Cu/tain Material, yd. 35c 1 Lot Ladies' Coats slightly soiled close cut 3.98 to 9.98 I 1 'ot remnants, at a Bargain All Merchandise going at some price, don t fail to get seme of the bargains ROY V. LOVINGOOD Phone 234 Murphy, N. C.

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